What Completed
- Source path:
S:\, mapped to \\server05\Operations.
- Approved lane: option B, convert MOVs to compressed MP4 and purge MOV sources only after duration/playability verification.
- MOV files converted, verified, and removed: 1,638.
- Source MOV bytes removed after verification: 946,270,262,838.
- MP4 replacement bytes: 218,300,741,549.
- Net bytes saved versus source MOVs: 727,969,521,289.
- Live MOVs remaining after independent enumeration: 32.
Verification
- Removed MOVs all had readable MP4 replacements and matched duration checks.
- Failed conversions were not deleted.
- One odd-height JPEG2000 PowerPoint animation was manually converted to even-height H.264 MP4, duration matched exactly, and the original was copied to a local exact backup before deletion.
- The 32 remaining MOVs are 4 KB AppleDouble
._*.mov sidecars in Marketing raw video folders. They fail with moov atom not found and cannot meet the approved video playback gate.
Workbook And Artifacts
- Workbook refreshed:
C:\Users\SAguiar\Documents\Codex\shared-drive-cleanup\S_Drive_Operations_2026-05-07_151134_dedupe\S Drive Deduplication Index.xlsx.
- Current workbook tabs added:
MOV Final Outcomes, MOV Attempts, MOV Pending Approval.
- Final outcomes CSV:
mov_to_mp4_final_outcomes_2026-06-16.csv.
- Pending approval CSV:
mov_remaining_unconverted_after_final_2026-06-16.csv.
- Restore helper:
restore_mov_lane_2026-06-16.ps1.
- Handoff:
HANDOFF.md.